Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship

Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship
Founded2003; 22 years ago (2003)
RegionIndia
Number of teams29
Current championsManipur (6th title)
Most successful team(s)Manipur
(6 titles)
WebsiteSub Junior Girl's NFC

The Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship[1] is an Indian football girls tournament held for under 17 players. The competition is held every year between the teams representing state associations of India under AIFF. The tournament was instituted by the AIFF in 2003 with the first edition held at Ooty in Tamil Nadu.[1]

The latest edition held in 2019 at Cuttack was won by Jharkhand.[2][3][4]

Championship structure

The NFC structure was converted into a two tiered championship format from the 2023–24 season. The state associations are eligible to participate in the championship through the two tiers of the competition played across the country.

Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship
Tier Division
I Sub Junior Girl's NFC Tier I
II Sub Junior Girl's NFC Tier 2

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[5]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
2003–04 Ooty Manipur 1–0 Orissa
2004–05 Tamil Nadu Manipur 4–0 Orissa
2006–07 Chandigarh Orissa 1–0 Manipur
2008–09 Uttarakhand Manipur 2–0 Orissa
2009–10 Uttarakhand Manipur 1–0 Orissa
2010–11 Uttarakhand West Bengal 1–0 Orissa
2014–15 Cuttack Mizoram 3–0 Haryana
2017–18 Manipur Chandigarh 3–1 Manipur
2018–19 Cuttack Manipur 2–1 Odisha
2019–20 Cuttack Jharkhand 4–0 Arunachal Pradesh
2020–23 Not held
2023–24 Ludhiana Jharkhand 7–1 West Bengal
2024–25 Berhampore Manipur 7–5 Jharkhand

References

  1. ^ a b "Hero Sub Junior Girl's NFC". AIFF. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Hero Sub-Junior Girls National Football Championship 2019-20, Jharkhand vs Arunachal Pradesh". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's football in Jharkhand – What are they doing right?". The Bridge. 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ Mukherjee, Soham (12 July 2020). "How Jharkhand became the hotbed of women's football in India?". The Bridge.
  5. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the National Championships for Sub-Junior Women (under-17)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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